Moving again quickly over the railroad, a high rail fence was
encountered which had to be climbed in the face of a heavy
discharge from the battery of grape and canister. Meanwhile
Starr's guns had not yet come into position, but, fortunately, he opened fire directly after the infantry had crossed the railroad, and drew the fire of a portion of the enemy's batter, the line still advancing; but in a very few moments all saw the hopelessness of the attempt to drive the enemy, and an order was issued to fall back, and for all who could to save themselves by precipitate retreat. |
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1862 to 23 DEC |
Under General Clingman's plan of attack there was a possibility of successfully dislodging the enemy. Under General Evans' order
the attack was simply reckless disregard of the lives of his
troops. The Adjutant of the Fifty-second Regiment, in his report
of the fight, made on the morning of the 18th, reported 8 killed
on the field, 58 wounded and 13 missing. Of the latter,
subsequent reports show some of them to have been killed. The
regiment was camped in the vicinity of Goldsboro until about the
23d, when it returned to its camp on the Blackwater near
Franklin, Va. |
1862 to 1 JAN |
On the 25th orders were received to cook three days' rations and
be prepared to move at daylight on the 26th. Accordingly rations
were prepared and at dawn on the 26th we crossed the river,
entering the enemy's territory on a foraging expedition. We
remained for five days and procured a considerable quantity of
forage, and this having been successfully accomplished, General
Roger A. Pryor, in whose command we were serving temporarily, concluded to go in search of the enemy. Marching all day, we arrived at Windsor Station, on the Seaboard Railroad, about night, and finding the place occupied by two companies of the enemy's cavalry, we opened on them with artillery, when they made a hasty retreat. The command rested here for the night, and at daylight next morning we resumed our march, reaching camp at midday 1 January, 1863. |
1863 to 26 JAN |
On the afternoon of the 3d we broke camp on the Blackwater and
marched to Garysburg, N. C., where we took care and reached Rocky
Mount on the night of the 5th at 11:30 o'clock, and rejoined
General Pettigrew, to the delight of the entire regiment. On the 26th we struck our tents and moved to Magnolia, reaching that point on the evening of the same day. |
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We pitched our camp near the town, where we were engaged in
drilling daily, when the weather permitted, and during our
sojourn here underwent a rigid inspection by the inspecting
officer of the brigade. |
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1863 to 13 MAR |
On the morning of 13 February the regiment took up its line of
march in the direction of Greenville, and on the 16th, while in
bivouac ten miles from Goldsboro, orders were receive to remain
where we were and await further orders. On the 17th we were
directed to return to Goldsboro, which place we reached the same
day, and went into camp about two miles from the town. While
here we were engaged in drilling every day. March 9th we broke
camp and the regiment, together with other troops, started on a
march for the purpose of making an attack upon the enemy at New
Bern. The regiment arrived near the town at daybreak on the
morning of the 13th and supported our artillery, which opened
fire upon the enemy at sunrise. An artillery duel was fought
nearly all day without any satisfactory result, when the troops
were withdrawn, falling back to a position about three miles from
the town, where we rested until 12 o'clock that night. |
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